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On Thursday 25 May, the PM+M Run My Business Team were joined by Cloud Software providers Xero and ReceiptBank to deliver our first Cloud Accounting Seminar.

This first seminar was an introduction for our clients to our cloud team and the services we carry out. The cloud team has one objective: to make life easier for our clients.

With the arrival of Making Tax Digital for Businesses (MTDfB) scheduled to start in 2018, the need for businesses to hold their records digitally has never been more important. The new rules will force all businesses to submit quarterly accounting information to HMRC in an electronic format. Under current proposals, the first wave of sole trader and partnership businesses will come into the new regime in April 2018, with more joining in 2019 and all businesses and companies scheduled to be within the regime by April 2020.

Cloud accounting offers a platform for individuals and businesses to record transactions digitally to help with the MTDfB process but, more importantly, to benefit from being able to view business finances in real time for better decision making and save time by automating processing.

The dedicated cloud teamwork with several different Cloud Accounting Software packages and work with clients to implement and train on the systems but also to look at specific add-ons that will help to streamline the business.

At the seminar, Xero demonstrated some of its most useful features for automating processes such as the direct bank feeds, auto-matching and customised online invoicing. The add-on ReceiptBank demonstrated their integration into Xero. This add-on allows users to scan or email purchase invoices into the software which then extracts all the key information and posts it into your accounts system “hands-free”. Both systems have apps which can be downloaded to mobile phones, tablets etc. making them completely mobile.

If you would like to discuss any Cloud Accounting requirements or find out about how Making Tax Digital will affect your business, please contact Jill Morris (jill.morris@pmm.co.uk)